County Press, li li IT VOL. XV. MILFOUD, PIKE COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 4. 1!)10. NO 14 BRIEF MENTION i A mealing of th Milfori Fire, there are i eslmi.-ts who iBy a poor Department wili be held in the mau bas no chance nowadays. i Bora Building 1UESIMY FF.BKU-j The big ammM inieifs onro; ART 8 h. at 8 o'olook 'nothing abont political parMes; what ( A7i:nrs are always nitas ng they want is men. The people. In thinps either recuid i.r tluir bones, choosing their representatives, A two column lette- in nor neiuh-'shonld be as independent and ciur bor last wee arraigns a deni una ic egeous In the seh clion o( the best as coanty comnii'isiooer, and the char gos are ma le by another democrat It la nut necessary for republicans lo comment further Ihwti to that when such lniernal evidt-nc" of deni- cratie dereliction i given it seerns wise for voters ol a connty to make a change.. The question however Wilt naturally arua howouuld the nftiuiFil charged draw so much salary not yol doe, without a cheek signed by his fellows, and it it is wrong for him to have the mon-y is it no! eqtiaj'y wrong for tin in to help him get it This inference stems natural Tuesday was ground hug day and there ts no doubt but I hut if tbo-e autuials Diadetoe tffortnud came nut they saw their Rhaclows. Since Thanksgiving the winter has been all the most sauguiiie o uld wish fot and il we are to haesx wuks more there wont he any doubt about i's bfing quite oM fashioned. The Lackawanna riilirofld broke it. record of ten years nut killing a passenger last Stirday wbrn a train ran over a mau at New Milford just as be alighted from another. By agreement of the bnord of prin cipals of State Normal .Schools the . course will be exteuJtd from three to four jesrs. This would seam necessary in order to prepare Flu leuts to meet the requirements imposed to teacb high schools. It- is not pos. i i .lo in a three years course to ao quire suffieieut skill in the stndies airected to be taught to do o in a thorough manner, and it was a fore gone coi elusion that the time ujU.h be lengthened or some of the stud ies cut out. Cemont cot ruction is not limited to sidewalks, foundations, steps or any of the othei more common forni witli which the public is must fumil iar. but is tqually adaptable to pub lic drinking fountains, ornamental lampposts, monuments, street tien poets, statuary, garbage receptachs, and so on. - Wanamal er stores in Philadel h:a and New York began this week de liveriog free anywhere in the United States all prepaid and charge pur chases of $5 or over. The limit ol free delivery heretofore bag been within a radius of one hundred miles The store in Philadelphia Juki com pl lid is 12 clones high and ootiMiiii neaily 4fi aoic of floor space, and is the largest retail sto.e in the world. Last Saturday almost pissed into the blizzard class. Scow fell and it was tossed around by a wild North neat wind. Thornton's stage in crossing the Malatuoraa biiage it the afternoon waa upset by the gale, but the three passeugara were not injured. Harry Morgan desires to give not ice that in future he will not cash any check or drafts or trausport any money for the public Ernest tJebrig, who learned his trade in the Press office end who foi several years has been foreman in a lurge priLtingestablishment at Hyde Park, Vurmour, Is borne for a vaca tion. I'he riv?r Seine, flowing thru Pari attained high water mark during the past week aud a large part of the r gay cliy was inunduiej. Great damage wat. done to buildmea and the streets, aud many sewera v.er--bar.--ted. The money lo s iset.tmiHt. il at over two hundred million dollars. At present the fl. od is subsiding aud . oomlttions are becoming normal. TUe mow, me enow, the b autifu' suow. We'll be glad when wv don't have to shovel you so. Bollt the E-Tglinh lorJs and the lib erals annouce themselven 'Hitind' wi'h the re.u'. of the elitvl. i "... far '' From this we i. f r tint it looks pretty scp-al y a!i aniund. 11 lr. K.serlt ever is elected Fpeaker of the House of It-jt; i-en's-tivs, they will have to be go.Kl ol Capitol Hill or lis w ill know uh; ' The Ktndom of Prtiss'a ge:s a rrv enue amounting to sonieli.ing lik 24,O'H),0tO p.-r unnmii f: nn lis ru ti wated for.'sts. We can e!l stf r to teep President Tail's rohs'rvaliim lliey. Mrs Divid CudJelwk of IW.ji beth New Jersey spent Suinluy with her mother, Mrs. J. hi. Amerteiii heiress married Iit chuff-ur. And ithe interests are sordid in choosing the worst. G:fi rd Finehot will cheer np when he lenrna that Milwaukee is going to plant 15 (Mm more tree-t If the Representative who ha in troduced into Congress that anti-tip-ping bill Is not entitled to a Carnegie hero prize" we should like to know who is. The sugar treat directors who nv er knew that the government was be iug cheated hy their employees are really almost too innocent to do busi ness in a naughty wcrl.l. Dming Inn absence of Dr. Ken wort hey in the South his practice Kill be in cuarie el Dr. B. G. Barek ley of Milford and Dr. E Cuddebiuk of Port Jervis. The latter will be at ihec.fliee of Dr. Kmiworthey Toes, days. Thu sdiys, Siturdays and Sundays from 1 to 6 30 p. m. 55 Concrete Bridges Two Coanty Buurds ol Road Com-mis-ioiiers h;td an arguinent nbut highwny biidet, ami Ilia following was the result: Both cunlies were running abont even in expenses, and with excellent credit, ami no indebtedness. Due county l.trruwert 11,000, and built a steel highwav bridge with a wooden fljor. The other borrowed 1 1,350, md erettid a permanent concrete bridge. Twenty-Hve years later the cost of the first bridge was as follows Interest on tl.OU) at ttVO a year f 1,500 Reflooring every five years, tour times 400 llep-iiuting every eight years, two times 100 This gives a total of $2,000, which amounts to $S0 00 per year, and the $1,000 originally borrowed, still un paid, and mat now be Increased to 2,000, or go without a bridge. For the next twenty five years the cost per year runs tOO 00 more, by reason of the interest on the the additional 1,000, and the amount in debt is 2,i00. At the end of fifty years the amount wi'l be paying at the rate of $200 per year, aDd be in debt 13,000 At the en 1 of seventy five years the amount will be paying at the rate of t2G0a year, ami be in debt $4,000. At the end of one hundred years it will be paying at the r.iteol $320 a year and be indebt $-'),0O). It takes no financier t. see that the building of temporary -teel or wooden bridges will lead to bankruptcy or higher tax rates. The county that erected the perms nent concrete bridge, costing nothing for repiiirg or repainting, but costing one thud more than the steel bridge in first c.isi, would have a charge o! only $S1..,0 for interest and indebted nese, w hich would never need to be increased for that bridge. . t ,llott ,,iaees a properly designed concrete bridge will ci mpete in cost with a steel brtdtre, both of the same loading capacity, and the concrete bridge employs materials andslabor trim the count v. uhiln the uiMutur r.i...i ,.r .v.. ... t.j expanded out of the count,, thus the money paid for the concrete bridge isl returned to the taxpayer, and the i amount eMuded for the steel bridge is a constant drain on the taxpayers O nereta is equ-illy applicable iu build'.iia small culverts and drains' rtcrom roads in townships and if prop' erly put in permanent, and a great saving in cost of reair. Postal Savings Banks The o p sition to the President's plau for the establishment of Post.il Savings Banks is rapidly diminish ing. It is well known that the great . . , e. rxuii oi iu: couniry are epposea to the Uoveromect golug into the bank ing hu-lness. It is well known that ibe great banking concerns tf this country; have in tbe pat received favors at the hands of the Lioverniiieut and now 1'r-s.dnnt Tuft proposes to make a bicking move iu the interest of tho ninsst-a of the people which will be the tffi et of theestiblishment of Pos tal Savings lijiiks, that w ill enable the d p isilors, especially the work ing man aud tbe farmer !oaecur 2 i.er cent interest on his money, uud then to Lave the assurmoe that his mrnev is n spfj as the Giivernment .t-K:lf. Another HIGH SCHOOL NOTES Mis KatherineUuinble, member of tbe Uenior class, tntertalned a number of ber friends at her home on rhuis lay evening. A num: "r of teocbersand students attended ihe Bir Party, Friday night, giveo in Forest Hall nnder the auspices of Kebecca Ixjdge. America is naturally elated over the posses-lion of the North Pole, the claim b'ing based npon discovery by an American. "But can America or any other nation own either of the Po'es? The American Journal of International Law saya "No!" If the Pole is in an open sea, more than t'iree miles away from any-shore, then it is on high seas, and no nation can claim it, for tbe bigh seas, aaall admirality law declares, are tbe pc a gsfon of no one power. In (he case of the Norlh Pole, It baa been r-mi-d to be on a mass of loe, probably grounded, yet still not forming land, even technically ; aa it is part of a polar sea which can belong to no i..ition, since the landsabout it belong to different countries. Uncle Sum, therefore, cannot own the North Polo, though he has dis covered it. A number of friends enjoyed a very pleasant evening at tbe home of Miss Natalie Armstrongou Friday. Last Friday a number of young triple spent a pleasant evening at the borne of Miss May B. Porter. The following Juniors were absent Inst week on account of illness: Ruth Armstrong, Vera Kymau and Frank B. Crissman. One evening last week some of the popils observed the 'Joannesburg' comet, in the western sky. This waa a stray comet, and la known aa Comet A, 1910. 'It has been a oanse of rejoicing to all who believe that the greatest work done by the publ'.o schools is to 'each the children to read, or rather to become readers, to watch the (trad ual drawing into a close relationship of the public school and tbe public library. "The librnriea can only obtain readers of the better class of litera ture when the taste for good litera ture baa been developed in tbe pnblio s:ho!s. On the other hand, the schools alone cannot give pupils a taste for the best literature because the schoolrooms are not adequately supplied with the best books." 'The true university of these days is a collection of books.' Carlylc A Rural Route Note PostiiiKster has received tbe fol I' wing circular letter which th Fourth Aaeistsnt Postmaster Gener al is tnnilir.g to all postmasters hav ing rural rou'es. The Postmaster, Sir- Iu view of the extent to which the prac i of placing most coii s in boxes by rural patrons has grown, and the delay in the deliv ery and collection of rial I and the haid-hip Imposed on rural carriers incident thereto, you are informed that commencing February 15, prox imo rural letter carriers will not be r quired to collect loose coins from rural mail boxes. Patrons should enclose coins in an envelope, wrap tbem securely In j V'U. W ibem ,n " ,ey can ' ta'l!y,""1 Uba ttom M"1 ""' required 10 ,if' 8u,r co",B' nd n ""ll'in,"t " " l" dispatch, ti n h tbe requisite stamps 'l h s should be promptly announced ti the rural patrons through whit ever means you may employ, with i ut expense to the department, and you are at liberty to give the infor miition embodied herein to your lo- ,cal papers, for pul lication, if they ,so desire. I Respectfully, P. V. DeGraw. ... ,K i . . n . .A rourih A-sislant PostmaaterGeneral ; . j WANTED! SI.ESMEN to represent OS in ''-8 'U,B of tur High tirade Goods i Don' I delay, apply at once. Kteady eTiployme.nt ; liberal terms. Exper enoe not necessarv. ALLKN NURSERY CO. Kocheeter, N. Y. FOR RENT I ONE of the fiuet-t store rooms in Milford, Corner Broad and Catharine S'reets frout April 1st. Also two cottages ; one 0 rooms, water In both. Enquire of M-lford, Pa. A. D. BROWN. Advertise In the PRESS. NEWS FROM WASHINGTON James J. Hill the great railroad magnate says "It Is not the high cost of living that is bothering the country and creating anxiety in ev ery community between the ocean. but the oust if high living." There is a great deal lo his exactitude of ex pression and he is no doubt correct in assuming that the cost of high living is at tbe bottom of the difficulty. Mr. Hill has traveled; be lias read and studied and he has heard the eloquent orators of all parties apotheosize the over flowing dinner pail. He knows we feed our dogs more in this soon try then the working men of China and India get to en I. He knows that we are tbe most wastelol and prodig al people on the face of the planet The women of Washington are grap pling with the subject and s society leader who his been distinguished for her entertainments without meat or strong drink, is very hopeful that the agitation against meat and the boycotts that are prevailing tbrongh out the country may result in a per ma nent change in the popular diet that will result in a beneficial hygi enio condition. There is probablo too much meat in the national dietry md there would doabt less be leas rhen matisto, headache and other uric acid diseases if cereaU, fruit-, milk and butter, olive oil and nuts were -ubeiituted in -a greater degree for beef, mutton or pork. It is said that the postal bank bill will be passed by thia Congress. The Bill establishing such banks, pre sented by Senator Carter is the one most favorably considered and it is expected that it will pass with but slight amendment Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, the 'wife of tbe famous Confederate general who was shot accidently by his own men during the war, is now in Wash ington and was this week a dinner guest at the Wbite House where she received a warm from President and Mr. Taft. Mrs Jackson la visiting Mrs. Lelter whose eldest daughter it will be remeiu bered married Mr. Curzon then a member of the British Parliament and who was afterwards knighted as the Baron Eeddlestos and was for a number of years Viceroy of India, an office of great slate and importance. The Viceroy used a considerable por tion of bis wife's great fortune in re newing the ancient ruins of Indian temples, In excavations and the col lection and preservation of Indian an 'iquiUes. it is evident that the Republican party as represented in the Honse of Representatives and the Senate has great anxiety with regard to its po litical future. Senator Root, diplo matist, statesman and jjrist as he is wltnoot doubt, has attempted a new role as political manager and is call ing to the Republican cohorts in the Empire State to stand firm and flee not He real aes that Governor Hughes' administration, upholding ideals of purity and honesty In poll tics, has had disintegrating effect on the party. Tbe Republicans in Congress here resiine that there Is danger of losing thu next House of Representatives and are doing every thing in thiir power to torn the tide so as to secure a Democratic defeat in tbe coming elections. But they have also to fight dissections in their own ranks, for the insurgents ara protesting against the present or ganization of the House. The Rcpnb licans are hoping that they may be able to make gains In the Sojtb President Taft's evident popularity in some southern localities and the high tariff sentiment Iu some south ern sections, they think, give prom Ue of Republican success here and there, that may be In a degree offset Democratic gains in other parts of the Country. Tree Dentistry In these times, when Increased at tention is being given to the rapid deterioration of the forest, It is of value to know that finally, after all ordinary methods of arresting the de cay of treat have been tried without SQOcesri, the solution has been changed upon in the proposition that trees be treated In the same way as decaying teeth. The cavities are tliorouehlv cleaned and treated with antiseptic wash, after which tbe holes are filled with Portland cement, making it iin possible for the entrance of moisture or germs. This cement "Tree Den. tistry" Is another application of that wonderful material, concrete. An eastern firm is making a bus! . ces of thus treating "jlck" trees. NOTES FROM SANDYSTON Branchviile Boiougn has taken ad vantage of the law authorizing the appointment of protectors, men whose duties are to notify landlords not to sell intoxicants to certain per sons, who drink too much. This is an excellent law, and should lie enforced throughout the county, but tbe topers in Branchviile will have to go elsewhere to get their toddy now and hereafter. The Club Fish Hatchery at Bev ans has distribnted a large number of small trout in the various stream and on Friday delivered a lot to Fish Warden Hendershot at Halsey lor the streams in that vicinity. Air. and Mrs. Holalen are happy over the advent of a baby daugh ter the past week. Hazel Montross the little daugh ter ot Mrs. Montross at Lay ton is suffering from an attack of pneu monia. The Grange dance on Thursday evening was one of the best of the se ries. The attendance was large, the oysters were excellent, and the best of order prevailed. The Committee met on Saturday last and appointed road overseers and paid snowbills. The road orders were cut down 20" In anticipation of macadamizing of the road from Tut ties Corner to Lnyton this sun mer, and snowbills should have had tbe same cut The whooping cough Is prevalent in and about Layton, aud in fact all over the town. The disease must run its course and our school rooms aie pretty noisy at times. The Fish Club farms at Bevans have again been rented by the Be van brothers for term of years. The brothers are among our most enterprising farmers, -v- William Ellett of Normanock has purchased the farm o' his father lo catud at that place, and consisting c 1 120 acres tor $1,700. Concrete And Its Uses The first authentc record of the use of reinforced concrete was at the World's Fair io Paris, 1855. At that time, a small row boat built by Mr. Lambot, about fourteen feet long and constructed of cement mortar, rne half inch thick, reinferced by wire netting, was on exhibition. This boat is still in ose at Meraval, France. Since that time the nse of rein forced concrete has become so lmpor tant in building operations that a nat ional exposition of concrete and rein forced oonorele products is held each year in the big Coliseum, Chicago. The next exhibition will be held February 18-26, and it is expected that over one hundred thousand peo ple will attend. The railroads have made reduced rates on account of the Show. Concrete is now used in the con struction of bee-hives, hog houses, pipe organs, boats, silos, barn floors, baby cradles, burial vaults, a the Panama Canal, and in making col lar buttons, to say nothing of street pavement; skyscrapers and ben coops. With such an extraordinary scope, the Third Annual Cement Show, Chi cago, February 18 36, should have something of interest to every indl vidoal beneath the son. There will be over three hundred exhibits of ce ment products of various descriptions At the Show lat year, there were over seventy five thousand people in attendance, coming from all parts of tbe United States. Concrete is displacing tbe barrel as a protection for springs on the farm. It never rots, it protects the spring, and keeps the water free from surface Impurities. A young farmer recently Invented an ingenious device for making con crete wattr barrels. He took two wooden barrels of different sizes, knocked the heads out of both, put the smaller inside the larger, and filled the space between tbem with concrete, and a concrete bam I waa tbe result Model Orchards Slate Zoologist Surface baa selected about a thsusaod orchards In the state, which are now far from being models, bnt which he intends mak ing such. The ownera of these orchards agree to cultivate the trees according to the rules laid down by the Depart ment. Those aaleoted in Pike are Anthony Stamnf in Mi'.f.krtl townahin And FT A. Srbwel'zer io Lea man. AT THE INN Two strangers at a table rat In a little country Inn. It was a cold and bitter nlgbt, But a hearth fire burned within. The men were somewhat out of sorts Having traveled far that day And tbu suppers they had ordered Were somewhat in delay. They eyed each other stealthily For a time but neither spoke, At last the plplog dishes came Then one the sliejce brole: "Waiter bring me a pint stoup Of mulled ale." - "Waiter Stranger If you'll not oljert I'll have a slonp with yon." "Ortainly, I've come afar And have fasted since the morn, Tm hungry and quite thirsty so The good ale I'll not scorn." 'I also traveled many league And like yourself I've fasted too Sine breakfast tlme,"Well hera'a good luck" "My friend the same to you." Supper ended, they smoked awhile And conversed nntil quite late, Of general tcpics, each in turn His adventure would narrate; Then drifting into eaily years One told of a brother lost at sea. How he was shipwrecked long ago On the coast of Africa. "How long a(0 was this my friend?" "'Twas the year ol sventy four." "What waa the name cf the ship that sunk?" "She was called the "Leonore." "Your brother's Dame-tell me, quick, They glared at one another. "John 8tanley"'-"Not shipwrecked! Alive!! My brother, O1' my brother"!!! Cecilia A. Cclleji. TOWNSHIP NOMINATIONS Lackawaxen Township Republican Judge W. B. Cortrlght Inspector L. E. James School Director M. II. Lassly, W R, Shannon. Supervisor Wesley Grijiu. Assessor W. C. Cortright Auditor Warren Quick. Poorm aster Jasoc Cortright Democratio Judge Geo Williama. Inspector Simeon Mains. School director M. J. Hansen, J. Knoedler. Assessor Edmund Dellert. Supervisor Gotlieb Hooker. Auditor Carl Newe, Poormaster Jason Cortright Greene Township Democratio Judge Cyras Corey. Inspector George Sieg. School Director Emit VuiUe Peter Beisber. School Director i yrs Charles A. Aogeostain. Assessor A. D. Fnsbie. Supervisor George Blita. Poormaster John Brink. Auditor Charles E. Brink. Republican Judge Byron Robacker. Inspector George i.. Bortree. School director Peter F el ton. a R. Hszelton. School Director 2 yrs George Ro backer. Assessor Victor Corey. Supervisor John R Gilpin. Poormaster Wm Able.. Auditor John Haag. Blooming Grove Township " Democratio Judge Chaa F. Hoaell. Inspector Jhn W Floss. Supervisor Wm M. Behreos. School Directors John Eckweiler, Julius Maler. Assessor Fred L. W eat brook. Poormaster George W. Pierson. Auditor William Westbrook. Republican Judge John Kleinhana. Inspector Cook T. Shaffer. School directors Wm. K. Hatton, Julius Maier. Supervisor Wm Bebrens. Aasessor Fred Westbrook. Poormaster Geo W. Pierson. Auditor William Westbrook. Dingman Township Democratic Supervisor Charles Stichler. Auditor Frank F. Sella. Assessor Charles J. Boileao. School directors Henry Kiel oat u bar, Charles Travis. School director I jr.J. E. Olm-ttted. U J - two- Judge Edson A. Travis. Inspector Wm M. Travis. Poormaster G. J. Gebbardt. Republican Supervisor John H. MoCarty. Auditor Frank P. Ludwig. Assessor Charles J. Boilean. School director 3 yrs John Eelley Cbancey Case. School director Julius Eiesel. Judge Wallace G. Detrick. -Insjiector Jules E. Boileau. Poormaster Geo. B. Qulnn. Shohola Township Democratic Assessor Gjo A. Enealing. Supervisor Geo C. McKean. Poormaster Edward Shadier. School director Chas W. Eckhart Gibson McKean. Auditor John R. Ridley. Judge Frank Keller. Inspector Edward Beisel. Republican Justice John Marquart. Supervisor Herman Hipsman. Assessor V. Hipsman. Judge John Marquart. I ispbctor Charles Swezy. Poormaster R. Dinsmore. School directors Gilbert Swe. ssy, John Williama. Auditor Henry Bradford. Lehman Township Democratio Judge E. A. Sobweitser. Inspector Walter Stafford. Assessor George N. Smith. Poormaster Daniel La bar. Justice Clinton Gnillot. . Anditor John Cook. Bnpervieor William Cortrfgbt School directors Frank Cortright John Lilts. Republican Inspector Peter Williams. School directors Wm J. Depoo, Joseph Bensley. Poormaster Coshing Hi Uer. Palmyra Township Democratic Supervisor John Singer. Poormaster Adolphus Bea. School directors Leonard Simons, John Seivera. Auditor Edwin Kellam. Judge Harry Dexter. Inspector 1 Decs! ore Schmeld. Justice B. F. Kellam. Assessor Henry Eck. Republican Supervisor Henry T. Gumble. Poormaster C. A Pel let t. School directors E. A. Gumble, a F. Drake. Auditor Arthnr L. Pellett. Jndge A. H. Down. Inspector E. A. Gumble. Justice B. F. Kellam. Assessor C. E. Williams. Mrs. Arthur N. Roe of Branch villa has been visiting in town for (he, past week,
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